Example sentences of "time in [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Arsonists strike three times in 11 days |
| 2 | Nevertheless he made a few feints out of sheer exuberance , suggested a turn with his hips , moved at right-angles to his forward path with no loss of speed , changed step three times in successive strides , kicking hard on the last change and accelerating away in the joy of being able to run for ever . |
| 3 | Macclesfield , inaugural winners of the competition in 1970 , lie below halfway in the Conference , having found the net only 35 times in 34 games . |
| 4 | Barcelona looked safe at 2-0 up after 31 minutes but the Russians scored three times in 16 minutes to steal the tie . |
| 5 | It may be thought the height of irony that Rangers ' goalkeeper should demand this much attention at a club so dominant Goram has known domestic defeat only six times in 18 months since going to Ibrox from Easter Road for £1 million . |
| 6 | The problems connected with these are inseparable , because of the variety of local conditions , which led to them taking place at different times in various parts of the kingdom . |
| 7 | The process of management and the functions of management have been analysed many times in various ways by different writers , who have taken the view that : |
| 8 | Critically ill … jogger is stabbed three times in unprovoked attack . |
| 9 | We came off the track so many times in deep snow . |
| 10 | Only two matches were played and the Swedish second seed was all at sea in the 32-minute opening set , losing his service three times in five attempts . |
| 11 | It moved premises five times in five decades to keep abreast of space requirements . |
| 12 | Who knows , Charles and Di might still be together had they followed the path of love the Nescafe way : see each other only 11 times in five years , never take your clothes off during sex , and make sure your tongue spends more time in a cup of coffee than in your partner 's mouth . |
| 13 | We have , in Prestatyn , a facility which is very central and well used , despite the fact that the signs advertising it have been changed three times in five years . ’ |
| 14 | The paper claimed Johnson had been tested three times in six days in mid-January , and that at least one of the tests was positive for abnormally high testosterone levels . |
| 15 | The man , arrested after the woman called police , admitted entering her Tokyo flat several times in six months using a stolen key . |
| 16 | and he will be in the stands for five matches , including the London derbies with Chelsea and Crystal Palace.Kinnear , guilty of swearing at officials three times in nine months , said : ‘ I must learn to bite my lip . |
| 17 | Another dealt a vicar 130 times in nine months , reducing a £30,000 portfolio to around £8000 . |
| 18 | This centre for people with special needs has been broken into four times in nine days . |
| 19 | This happens only about 13 times in each century , but such transits have now been the subject of detailed astronomical scrutiny for more than two hundred years . |
| 20 | It mentions Bethune-Baker six times in each case with the object of dissent and in one case to imply that his opinions were obsolete . |
| 21 | This is repeated four or five times in each session . |
| 22 | As you look at the fine architecture of this cell , keep in mind the fact that all that complexity is repeated 125 million times in each retina . |
| 23 | Rotate the ankle five times in each direction . |
| 24 | The Assembly on the other hand met only four times in each prytany ( tenth part of the year , i.e. a bit longer than a month ) ; extra meetings could no doubt be called ( though the word usually taken to refer to such meetings , sunkletos , may just mean a meeting called at short notice ) . |
| 25 | If we are to maintain confidence in the system , there is no point in our mucking around with the map several times in each Parliament . |
| 26 | The Committee met , as usual , at least five times in each term , often jointly with a FRG . |
| 27 | Perhaps , too , there are times in each woman 's life when that harmony is most apparent . |
| 28 | They sat to hear cases in the papal consistory which under Innocent III met three times in each week . |
| 29 | I suspect that this ‘ split ’ happens at times in all women , and perhaps particularly in those who have some commitment to feminism . |
| 30 | The Rangers striker has spent two weeks on the sidelines with a calf strain after scoring 32 times in all competitions this season . |